Nassau Man Found Guilty Of Shooting Into House Party, Wounding 2

A Roosevelt man was convicted on Tuesday of attempted murder and other charges for firing a gun multiple times into a house party in Uniondale in July 2017.

Ahkhazyah Wright, 19, of Roosevelt, was found guilty of three counts of second-degree attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was acquitted of one count of attempted murder and one count of first-degree attempted sexual abuse. Wright is due back in court for sentencing on Aug. 14, and faces up to 90 years in prison.

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that a Roosevelt man was convicted today of three counts of attempted murder and related charges for a shooting outside a house party in Uniondale in July 2017.

“Three young men heroically intervened when they heard a woman in distress at a house party and forced the defendant out of the house,” said Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas. “Moments later, the defendant brandished a weapon, shot multiple times at multiple groups of people and left two young men with permanent injuries.”

Around 2:40 a.m. on July 23, 2017, an 18-year-old woman entered the bathroom at a home on Maple Avenue in Uniondale during a house party, and then Wright also went in. The woman called for help, and three men heard her. Kyle Richard, 20, Sulaiman Ania, 19, and Jewell Stewart, 19, opened the bathroom door and forced Wright out of the house.

A few minutes later, people saw Wright on the front porch of the house. He was confronted by other party goers, and then pulled out a handgun and fire multiple times. He shot Kyle Richard in both legs. A bullet also struck Michael Abiola in the arm after he had just pulled up in his car.

Wright fled the scene, and the police were called. Write was arrested the next day by Nassau County detectives, who found him in his father's home in Roosevelt, hiding under a pile of clothes in a closet.

Abiola and Richard are still suffering effects from their injuries. Richard was honored by former Vice President Joe Biden for his bravery.